STATE V. REYNOLDS, 1965-NMSC-125, 75 N.M. 521, 407 P.2d 361 (S. Ct. 1965)
STATE OF NEW MEXICO, Plaintiff-Appellee,
vs.
WILLIAM CLARK REYNOLDS, Defendant-Appellant
No. 7879
SUPREME COURT OF NEW MEXICO
1965-NMSC-125, 75 N.M. 521, 407 P.2d 361
November 01, 1965
Appeal from the District Court of Chaves County, Reese, Jr., Judge
COUNSEL
BOSTON E. WITT, Attorney General, OLIVER E. PAYNE, Deputy Attorney General, ROY G. HILL, {*522} FRANK BACHICHA, JR., Assistant Attorneys General, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Attorneys for Appellee.
ATWOOD & MALONE, BOB F. TURNER, Roswell, New Mexico, Attorneys for Appellant.
JUDGES
MOISE, Justice, wrote the opinion.
WE CONCUR:
DAVID W. CARMODY, C.J., DAVID CHAVEZ, JR., J., M. E. NOBLE, J., J. C. COMPTON, J.
OPINION
MOISE, Justice.
{1} This case presents the identical question decided this date in State v. Dalrymple, 75 N.M. 514, 407 P.2d 356, and the two cases were consolidated for argument here. The decision announced in State v. Dalrymple is controlling here, and this case is accordingly reversed and remanded to the trial court with instructions to grant a new trial on the information charging defendant as a habitual offender.
{2} IT IS SO ORDERED.
WE CONCUR:
DAVID W. CARMODY, C.J., DAVID CHAVEZ, JR., J., M. E. NOBLE, J., J. C. COMPTON, J.